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TIL lobsters are “biologically immortal”

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6E46m TIL in 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that film studios can't own movie theaters, thus breaking up their oligopoly. Before its ruling, Hollywood studios owned movie theaters to hold exclusive rights of showing their films, angering independent producers including Walt Disney and Charlie Chaplin.
R5oyQ TIL about the British submarine E31 which in WW1 fired the final shots that brought down German Zeppelin LZ 32
wLwo7 TIL Half of European men share King Tut’s DNA
7rJb7 TIL that The Monuments Men actually aimed to bring all German artwork back the United States, until the German people protested.
wLLGE TIL Furbies are not allowed into classified areas.